Chapter 33: Flowers in the Mirror and Moon in the Water
Xu Shengnan could read lips, but when she noticed that Zhu Erya and Tu Honghong's figures overlapped, she was not in the mood to read what the other person was saying.
After only a brief pause, she opened the window with a bang and wanted to jump out, but the next moment there was an arm on her shoulder.
"Don't get excited, Katsuo."
Xu Shengnan froze, turned his head with heavy eyes.
Then he saw Tu Honghong holding Aizen's shoulder with one hand and placing the other hand high on her shoulder, appearing in her room as if teleporting.
Thousand Sons Demon God Raisa is very strong.
As the original demon god No. 002, after decades of accumulation and transformation, he has reached the critical point of god like Yuan Yutangbi and others, and has a deeper accumulation than them.
Ordinary divine hunters might not be able to survive a few attacks against her, let alone Xu Shengnan, who was still some distance away from the divine hunters. Her current position also made her worried, and she did not dare to unleash all her strength.
In addition, Tu Honghong always occupies a special place in her heart, not only because of the two-year relationship between her adoption, but more importantly, when she faced Kong Yangzheng 17 years ago, Tu Honghong actually saved her, and Li
The lives of He and Xiao Ai.
"How dare you show up in Zhongdu?! Has it always been you on the train?! How did you hide from so many blood tests?!"
While questioning, she gave Aizen a hint with her eyes, asking Aizen to help protect her father when she burst out in strength. She delayed applying red for a few seconds, but Aizen seemed to be shocked and did not read her signal, half lowered his head.
Hanging his head.
Tsk! Although the young researcher who lacks combat skills is good, his experience is really bad!
"Are you worried about Xu Jingtang? There is no need." Tu Honghong smiled and said: "I have no intention of hurting you, let alone my body, my dear daughter, Shengnan."
"...What?" Xu Shengnan was stunned: "What nonsense are you talking about, Tu Honghong? You have been my half-daughter for two years, and now you want to take advantage of it?!"
"Of course not. This story started 46 years ago." Tu Honghong smiled and said: "As a demon god at that time, I felt that my power had reached a bottleneck. No matter how many humans I ate, I could no longer improve, so I decided to start
Change course.
The way the demon god transforms into a cultivator is not a secret to you. Eat a divine hunter and retain his human consciousness, thereby cultivating spiritual power.
This is much safer than transferring to another level of cultivation from a divine hunter. Even if the transfer fails, it is nothing more than eating one more divine hunter. There is no risk, or in other words, all dangers come from the outside world."
"The number of divine hunters is limited, and each one occupies an important position among humans. The demon gods who have eaten divine hunters will be marked as needing to focus on hunting because of the existence of gods. In other words, those who have converted from demon gods will
From that day on, I have to face being hunted by others at any time.
Not only humans, but also some demon gods and even gods. I don’t want the number of gods to increase. And because you need to contact and make friends with humans for a long time when you change cultivation, in order to stabilize the human side, the number of gods has increased a lot.
risk."
Tu Honghong smiled and asked: "Xu Shengnan, haven't you ever felt strange? Why did I choose you? Why did I get to know you as a sister or even a daughter? Why do we even have very similar powers? We met in 19
Years ago, the Thousand Sons Demon God Raisa had disappeared for more than 20 years. What was I doing before we met?"
"...Speak directly if you have anything to say!"
"Well, in order to avoid those troubles, as the Thousand Sons Demon God, I thought of a new way." Tu Honghong smiled: "One in a million, I divided my power into a million parts and took out two parts.
, creating two clones.
They were very weak, almost the same as ordinary people, and then I controlled them to eat two people, a man named Xu Jingtang, and a woman named Dai Mulan."
"Well, the reaction was as I expected. I know you too well. Ever since you were rejected by your playmates because of your over-developed body shape when you were seven or eight years old, and you threw yourself in my arms and cried, you have always been strong.
, rarely show weakness.
But Katsuo, have you ever wondered where your strength and muscles that grow without exercise come from? How come you, whose parents are ordinary people, are so lucky to have the talent to practice without any bottlenecks all the way?"
Tu Honghong said: "You should already have the answer in your heart, nothing is impossible, this is a fact you must accept!
46 years ago, my weak clones ate weak ordinary people, controlled by my consciousness, and successfully retained their consciousness and existence.
At this time, I transformed Xu Jingtang into the subject. Under my guidance, the two men and women, who had barely met each other, fell in love at first sight. It only took a week from acquaintance to union, and less than a year later, they had you.
born!"
Xu Shengnan slowly clenched his fists.
"It's true that Xu Jingtang and Dai Mulan are your parents." Tu Honghong said: "Because according to Li He's research results, you inherited their genetic information, no matter what state they are in.
But at the same time, I am also your parent. Without me, you would not have been born, and without me, you would not have had a carefree growth. At the same time, based on your body shape and abilities, my genetic information
It also affected you to some extent.
You are my daughter, and I have given you everything you deserve. It was not until you were 16 years old that I 'cancelled' Dai Mulan's avatar in an accident, so that you would not lack maternal love as you grew up. And at the same time,
You are also helping me with my transfer.
Later, I came into contact with you as this avatar that carried most of my power, which protected and accelerated your growth. Do you still remember when you developed spiritual power through practice? Your subordinates were killed by Li He's demons and exposed your true body.
time.
A fierce battle with the big monster helped you break through the bottleneck smoothly, and that big monster was just the trash fish I accepted casually.
But then, several accidents happened in a row, which made my clone body unable to move, and then, today!"
‘It’s nothing like your mother. When your mother saw me, she launched a crazy pursuit, captured me within a week, and then had you.’ Xu Jingtang’s words long ago echoed in my ears.
Xu Shengnan recalled many things.
Unlike other couples, my father and mother never had any quarrels.
The taste of their cooking is exactly the same.
When I adopted Tu Honghong, I thought my father would try his best to stop her, but my father fell in love with the girl at first sight. Later he found out that she was a monster, but he didn't show any excessive sadness.
So that’s it.
Xu Shengnan felt that the world was a little ridiculous.
The father is you.
The mother is you.
Painting red is also you.
Thousand Sons Demon God!
I also want to... thank you?!
Yes, that's right, I want to thank you, because without you, there would be no me. This is a fact that cannot be changed no matter what.
But! You will not be my parents!
My father is Xu Jingtang, my mother is Dai Mulan, they are the two innocent humans who were devoured by you, and I... will always be a human!
No matter what they have done, monsters will always be the mortal enemies of humans! This is the hunter's code!
Buzz——
The surging spiritual power burst out from her body, and everything in the bedroom was blown to pieces in an instant!
"blue……"
Bang bang!
As soon as she said the word, there were two muffled sounds in succession, one belonging to her and one belonging to Aizen.
He fell to the ground, his whole body was numb, he couldn't even speak, he could only look up at Tu Honghong.
Look at the red face and smile.
"As I said, I raised you, so why don't I know about your simple temper?"
The bedroom door was opened, Xu Jingtang walked up to Tu Honghong with the same smile, and Tu Honghong reached out and grabbed his arm.
"I know you can't accept it for a while, or you will never accept it. But don't worry, no matter what you do, I will not kill you. As the war that is about to begin, I, who will eventually become a god, do not intend to participate, so
We will never have the chance to face each other head on.
If you wish, then try to survive as a human being, my daughter!"
Spiritual power and magic power surged together, tumbling crazily on her body, and then climbing up Xu Jingtang's body. She let go of her body and mind, wanting to merge back into her original body, and take a complete step towards becoming a god!
It was so smooth and comfortable.
17 years of humiliation and compromise are gone!
But the next moment, her smile disappeared.
Because she felt like she had hit a wall.
Why...I can't go back to my true body?
No... isn't this?!!
Huh—while feeling severe pain in her neck, the scene in front of her changed rapidly.
Xu Shengnan and Aizen, who were lying on the ground, disappeared. Xu Shengnan's burst of spiritual power blew the messy bedroom back to tidiness.
What she held in her hand was no longer Xu Jingtang's arm, but Aizen's left hand.
Aizen's right hand held a bloody knife, dripping with blood.
"What...is going on?"
The head murmured as it rolled down from his neck, and then there were two muffled thuds, and the red-painted head and body hit the ground one after another.
Bang bang bang——
Turning his red eyes upward, he saw Aizen holding a knife and gently knocking his hands and applauding.
"It's wonderful, Erya."
The gentle and elegant voice as always reached her ears, but Tu Honghong felt that the man in front of her was extremely strange: "You...Aizen?!"
It is close to the life of a god. Being beheaded is a fatal injury, but it will not die immediately. With timely treatment, it can even be restored to its original appearance.
This did not affect her speech. She stared at Aizen with wide eyes, looking at this young man who she had always wanted to play with, and even suspected that the scene in front of her was an illusion.
I was beheaded by him... in a sneak attack?!
"Time power? No, no! Is it an illusion? When? Where is Xu Shengnan? Where is Xu Jingtang? Aizen! Who are you?! How could you possibly affect me?!"
"It's completely hypnotic." Aizen said: "As for when? Who knows, maybe it was when you took me to jump into Xu Sheng's male bedroom, maybe when we were eating dorayaki, maybe when we took the train to Zhongdu
time, or maybe it was when you and I first met.
Thank you for the pleasure you have brought to me through your wonderful performances over the years. It’s time for the curtain call."
"...Are you kidding?!"
The head painted red suddenly flew up, floating parallel to Aizen, with a ferocious expression, unable to accept the change from heaven to hell.
Obviously everything went smoothly just now!
"...Is it arranged by Bai Ling and Shu? I see, I should have thought of it a long time ago. Bai Ling's assistant is me, so how could Shu not have any of his close subordinates with him?!
They were really fooled by you, Aizen! But now the two of them are being held back by just you? Do you think that the sneak attack on me is over?! After all, it is just a clone, and being killed will only lose some strength!
Just wait, Aizen, I will kill you! I will! Kill you!"
As soon as she finished speaking, she wanted to disappear and transfer her power to other clones.
Unlike the main body that maintains balance, the power transmission of the clone can be rough!
But once again, I hit a wall.
Then her ferocious look froze on her face.
"I told you that my power is complete hypnosis. Did you not realize it until now? You have already become the original body." Aizen said.
"……impossible."
Is the main body dead? Is Xu Jingtang dead?
Xu Shengnan also mentioned it these days!
Is he hypnotized? No, it's impossible! No matter what, I won't know about the death of my body!
Unless...there are more special circumstances.
What? Aizen? White Antelope? Tree?
"Ji Xing? Ji Xing!!"
"It's you! Only you! Are you there?! Come out! Ji Xing! Come out!!"
"Seventeen years ago, I took your place and was exposed to humans. I have done nothing wrong in these years! Just because you are friends with Bai Ling and Shu, you help that woman Bai Ling deal with me?! Are you afraid of them?!"
"What a pity." Lan Ran sighed: "Ji Xing is not here. He dealt with the demon information on Xu Jingtang and resurrected Xu Jingtang. All this was done in secret and Xu Shengnan would not know.
Before we came here, he had already transferred Xu Shengnan and Xu Jingtang and his daughter away with a phone call. What happened here, except for you and me, will be buried forever."
"...Would he care about Xu Shengnan to this extent?!"
"Yes, it will." Aizen smiled: "You know, Erya. The world we live in is like a moon in a mirror, and no one can guarantee that what they know and see is the truth.
You don't have to resent him, and you don't have to be upset about the play between Bai Ling and me.
I want to kill you just because Ji Xing and I are humans and you are a monster. Bai Lu and Shu will also be with you soon, Erya."
"...What? Human?"
Swish——
The sword blade passed by again, and the red-painted head was cut into two halves! The two halves of the head that were split from the middle were smashed down again, and a pair of red horns were quickly pushed out on both sides of the forehead!
At the same time, the strong wind blew, and a pair of red wings suddenly spread out from behind the headless corpse on the ground, and the two halves of the mouth opened and closed in a resounding chorus.
"Is Ji Xing a human? Is he a god who prefers humans? Are you just his subordinate? Bailu and Shu are also your targets?! Hahaha, if I'm not lying, I'm really looking forward to it!
But you think you can kill me like this? Ji Xing is too trusting! Aizen! No matter what you will do, but you bastard, you bastard who plays with people's hearts for fun, I still failed after all, and I'm afraid I will never have the chance to take revenge.
Ji Xing, but at least I will take you to death!"
Several bodies that revealed the true body of the demon rushed toward Aizen, who raised his sword with both hands.
"Is it easy for demons to lose their minds after all? What a pity. I hope you can maintain some grace and retain the mind that has been laid out for decades, instead of just killing a beast."
"Farewell, Erya."
The vast sword light fell.
He painted his eyes red and opened them as wide as possible.
Why? Why! This guy...even if he doesn't attack sneakily, he might be stronger than me?!
boom--!!
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17 years ago, Ji Xing Laboratory.
"Humans, pure human beings, can you feel relieved now?" Xiao Ai took the test results of Xu Shengnan's blood and said, "You even joked that Sister Shengnan was frightened by the photo, aren't you the same?"
"It's not that I'm afraid, it's just that you know my situation, and this is indeed quite evil." Ji Xing smiled and said, "It's best if it's no problem."
"It can't be said that there is no problem at all." Xiao Ai shook his head: "The instrument is not precise enough, but based on my experience, Sister Shengnan seems to have some genetic defects or genetic diseases."
"Oh? That's right. That exaggerated body shape really shouldn't belong to women who exercise normally. What kind of disease do you think it could be?"
"...Well, we should probably name it male-domestic syndrome, right? I have some guesses as to why. It's a bit like a genetic defect caused by consanguineous marriage."
"Close relative? Uncle Xu?"
…
"Not long after that, I discovered that Uncle Xu was a demon god, and I quickly deduced the connection between this and Tu Honghong."
Xu Shengnan was silent and said: "After killing Lao Zhou in Jinhui City three years ago, I asked you if it was possible for people who were eaten by monsters to be saved. You said that ordinary people would definitely not be able to do it, but if you change to a demon god or a god hunter, then
There is one person whose genetic information is still intact and may be able to save someone, namely my father."
Ji Xing nodded: "That's right, not long after that, I used surgery and my own power to restore Uncle Xu back to Uncle Xu. Sister Shengnan didn't have to have any grudges. Although everything happened, he still
It is Uncle Xu who gave birth to you and raised you, and he will always be the same in the future."
Xu Shengnan looked into the distance.
It was obviously a collision between the top gods and demon hunters, but all the power was restrained in her small bedroom. The pedestrians on the street were unaware of it. They stood nearly a thousand meters away from that place, but they could clearly see it.
of seeing and hearing.
It was a power beyond her comprehension.
"Didn't Aizen say you were going to handle all this secretly and not let me know?"
"If it were someone else, I would have done it silently, but as for you, Sister Shengnan, it is better to be honest than to hide it, because I know Sister Shengnan can bear it, and she will definitely hope that she knows the truth."
"...As Hong Hong said, I am strong?" Xu Shengnan gritted his teeth hard and made a squeaking sound, turning his head to stare at Ji Xing's face.
"If you are strong, you will impact the world I know like a mirror in the mirror over and over again?!"
"Li He! No, Ji Xing! Shouldn't you tell me what happened?! Was it because Li He was poisoned by you, or was it from the beginning to the end..."
"From beginning to end."
Ji Xing looked solemnly at Xu Shengnan's sullen face and said, "Li He is a pseudonym I made for convenience, but you can rest assured about one thing.
I am human, I have always been, I am now, I will always be human!"